Is bread made from no yeast but self raising flour considered "Unleavened Bread"?

Question

The bible talks alot about unleavened bread and all it says is that it is bread with no yeast. However, self raising flour was not known back then. So would bread made from self raising flour be Leavened or Unleavened?

Answer 1

Self-rising or self-raising flour is "white" wheat flour that is sold premixed with chemical leavening agents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_raising_flour

So that would make it leavened.

Answer 2

Self-rising flour has leavening agents already present in the flour - generally speaking, baking powder and salt.

Common leavening agents are yeast, baking powder, and baking soda.

so, no - bread made from self-rising flour would NOT be considered "unleavened", and neither would any breads made from packaged baking mixes like corn bread mix or bisquit mix.

On the other hand, hot-water corn bread is unleavened:

INGREDIENTS

* 1 cup cornmeal
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon white sugar
* 1 tablespoon shortening
* 3/4 cup boiling water

DIRECTIONS

1. In a medium bowl, combine cornmeal, salt, and sugar. Add boiling water and shortening; stir until shortening melts.
2. Pour oil or bacon fat to a depth of 1/2 inch in a large skillet and heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
3. Shape cornmeal mixture into flattened balls using a heaping tablespoon as a measuring guide. Fry each in hot oil, turning once, until crisp and golden brown, about 5 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Serve at once with maple syrup or honey.

Answer 3

regular flour with water will rise a little and make pita/lafa bread. This is the leavened bread being spoken up. Unleavened bread must be finished baking within 18 minutes of mixing with water so it remains like a cracker

Answer 4

The biblical definition of leavened bread is wheat, barely, oats, spelt, or rye that has come into contact with liquid for a certain amount of time (usually 18+ minutes). I don't know what self-raising flour is, but if it isn't mixed with any liquid then I guess it would be unleavened. Still, even if you didn't put water in it, most receipes would have egg, or fruit juice, or some type of liquid.

Answer 5

It either has leaven or not. Simple. If its self-Rising then it is not unleavened. All self-rising flour is, is flour with the leavening pre-added. In theory, they could have had "self-rising" flour back then.... if they made some up ahead of time.

Answer 6

self-rising flour contains a different kind of yeast so it would still be considered 'leavened'. Flat breads like pitas etc would be 'unleavened'.

So is cornbread and it's yummy just out of the oven with lots of butter :)

Blessings,
Zimmi

Answer 7

Good question. But I suppose self-rising would be leavened, since it rises.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Yep